MockingBird
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Did you happen to get a page count and level range for the adventure? Oh, my bad, bro, should've posted the source, it's from the Purple Pawn website. Have added that in. Thanks heaps! Other than that, can't seem to find any more concrete information, hopefully we'll get more additional information closer to the release date.

Just picked this book up for steal at 20$ on Amazon. Has anyone had the chance to try any of these out? Curious to see how the Bard college of swords plays. Just from reading it makes me think this would be a cool sub-class to play. It's arguably the best book out for 5e D&D that isn't one of the core books, and $20 is a great bargain for it. Lots of people have tried out the subclasses in there and they tend to work very well. Some of the new spells are great too. Right now I am working with the Tool Use section to add some depth to my fighter who otherwise sometimes lacks some oomph outside of combat. It's an all around great book.

Just picked this book up for steal at 20$ on Amazon. Has anyone had the chance to try any of these out? Curious to see how the Bard college of swords plays. Just from reading it makes me think this would be a cool sub-class to play. The swords bard really shines with one level of paladin or fighter to start. With that multiclass they are fantastic. The flourishes once you hit level 5 are plentiful and can make you a true frontliner with your defensive abilities to dodge tank.

And dont forget about the Wheel of Time series and The Dark Crystal series. None of that is coming out till 2021. So I'm focused more on Star Trek Discovery, Picard, Altered Carbon, ect...

Just picked this book up for steal at 20$ on Amazon. Has anyone had the chance to try any of these out? Curious to see how the Bard college of swords plays. Just from reading it makes me think this would be a cool sub-class to play. It's not as strong as Valour but could be more fun depending on taste. Bardic Inspiration is very strong but using it on flourishes means not using it for allies. Mobile flourish has the most potential. Slashing isn't worth the inspiration cost and the defensive one is nice to have in dire circumstances. Cloud of Daggers is a great spell for a Swords Bard. Keep in mind too that it works with ranged attacks so you can throw weapons. I would only ever take 2-weapon fighting. If you want a Duelist style then Valour for sure.

Ordered! Interested more in the included adventure, otherwise it will be a collector's item for my bookshelf. I'd think writing in the persona of a Middle School kid in the 80's could lead to a mighty entertaining module.

Ordered! Interested more in the included adventure, otherwise it will be a collector's item for my bookshelf. Same. I'm hoping for another adventure on the quality level of Lost Mine.

I always attributed prog rock to D&D or fantasy in general. Most of the band Yes' album artwork can inspire your imagination. Spot-on, MB. A collection of Yes and Kansas album covers alone are enough to inspire some adventures.

I'm about to start this adventure. I will DM and have a small group of 2 players. I was planning on fleshing out a guide to help round out the group. Any pointers on running this with a small group? Yeah, I'd suggest starting them at 3rd level. For the guide(s), I'd suggest tailoring the guide(s) based on whatever party roles your 2 players don't cover. Say they decide to play a ranger and a sorcerer, and neither has healing magic or thieves' tools proficiency. I'd steer them towards guides who might have those sorts of skills. For example, Eku is known as an accomplished healer, and River Mist & Flask of Wine are likely to have shady reputations (i.e. you might give them thieves' tools proficiency and Thieves Cant). You might also check out the recent Unearthed Arcana - Sidekicks which has a system for leveling NPCs along with the player characters.